How to Create a Warrior Cats OC (Original Character)

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Have you ever loved the warrior series? If so and you've wanted to design your own warrior cat, be it for writing your own fan book or role playing, this article will help you to make your own realistic warrior cat with traits and emotions. It will also help you to keep true to your warrior cat's personality.

Develop the cat's appearance. A good strategy for this is to have a long description and a brief description, the long version being something such as: "Pure black tom with dark amber eyes, the exact shade of fire. His glossy fur is long, and he sheds frequently. His tail is shorter than average and seems twice as thick due to his long, flowing fur. He is stocky and thick, though he is taller than the average tom." This is a good way to show a lot of detail and really let you know what your cat looks like.

However, if you are writing a story or role playing and an allegiance list is present, then having a long description really clutters up that page. That's why a shortened description comes in handy.

When you need to add your cat's description to a list, using something like "long-furred black tom with dark amber eyes" makes it a lot easier to read through the list while still understanding the gist of what your cat looks like.

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Make the right choices. Choose only natural fur and eye colors, no purple, pink, green, yellow, or straight orange, red and blues on cats. If you want to have a 'blue' cat, make sure they are a dark silver or pale gray, maybe even a blue-gray like Bluestar, and red cats should be either orange, ginger, red-brown, or even a mixture of browns and ginger. Orange fur is usually a lighter ginger color.

The cat's eyes should either be blue, gray, yellow, amber, green, you could also look up natural eye colors for cats to see what possibilities there are.

Name the cat. Make up a name for your cat based on what you know about the cat. Think through the cat's likely life story when coming up with a name. Imagine your (male) cat as a kit, his eyes still closed. You are his mother and you must name him. For example, "Nightkit. He is large and dark, like the night sky, and the moon is occasionally orange, and his eyes would look like moons in the night sky." Then, zoom to his warrior ceremony. He is a young cat, Nightpaw. Take into consideration his pelt color, length, his eye color, his personality, size, and everything about him.

Nightnose wouldn't make sense because there is nothing special about his nose or sense of smell. But Nighttail, Nightfur, Nightheart, and Nightshadow are good ideas. Nighttail because of his bushy tail. Nightfur because of his fuzzy pelt. Nightshadow because he is very dark black. And Nightheart because he is brave and tough, but kind-hearted.

Warrior cat names must be based on nature and must be things that cats know about or come into contact with. Thus, names like 'Dragonfang' and 'Princesspaw' or 'Marshmallow Nose' are not allowed because these aren't things cats are familiar with. Common pet names are not allowed unless the cat is a former kittypet.

Warrior cat names come in two parts. The first part stays constant throughout life, and the second part changes based on rank. Cats younger than six moons (months) have the suffix 'kit'. Cats older than that are apprentices and have 'paw'. After they become warriors, they get a warrior name. If they happen to become leader after that, the suffix changes to 'star'. For example: Amberkit, Amberpaw, Ambergaze, Amberstar.

Don't make your cat's name ending and starting with the same letter. (Splashheart, Leafface, Yewwing)

Develop your warrior cat's personality. Take into consideration the cat's size; large cats will be tough, but somewhat clumsy, while long-legged cats will be swift, big-eared cats will be able to hear well. Also, include some skills of theirs. For example, you might not want "tough but kind", but instead want, "He is tough in battle, and wary of enemy clans, but he is kind to his clan-mates.

He is gentle with kits and is protective over his mate. He is brave, but not the smartest cat. He would take on a fox or even a badger before thinking if it's really a good idea or not." See the difference?

Make your choices for a realistic cat. Remember the cat's personality, size, and looks. Most of all, avoid making a Mary-Sue cat (an all too perfect cat). Don't use the same descriptive words too often––be adventurous in describing your warrior cat.

Think about the rank you choose for your OC. Use the cat's personality as a basis for this aspect. For example: Is your cat mean and ruthless or kind and gentle? Motherly? Cold and cruel or honest and loyal?

Give your cat a special talent, or lack of talent. Readers are usually more interested in a story with a struggle, so special talents could hold you back, but try to make it work. Something along the lines of a great fighter, super smart medicine cat, or amazing hunter are usually popular and easy to work with but can be way overused.

If you want to add disability, be careful. It's important to consider that people who read your story may have that disability or know someone who does, so be considerate. Think about how the community supports the cat, and what strengths the cat has (so that they don't exist purely as a burden).

It is not a good idea to give cats powers. It works sometimes, but most of the time it makes things seem very unlikely.

Write a short story using your cat to get the feel of playing or writing in this cat's character.

Example: Silverthorn yawned as the first signs of dawn stretched across the sky. It was another day, and Silverthorn had to do the dawn patrol. She was tired and didn't want to, but she had to do what was best for her Clan.

Add the cat's family and friends. Add how their family changes their personality, looks, or anything else about the cat. Make each family member, clan-mate, rogue, or whoever, using the same method as above.

Choose a clan. Think about what your cat can do––will he be able to swim? Put him in Riverclan. Will he prefer shadows and hunting at night? Put him in Shadowclan. Can he be loyal and trustworthy? Put him in Thunderclan. Is he close to Starclan, and is he fast? Put him in Windclan.

Yes, although it should have a reason for the prefix being Dream. Here are some suggestions: It could have been a kittypet/rogue with a similar name that joined the Clans but wanted to keep its name or its mother could have had a dream about it before it was born, or it could be blind and have milky, dreamy eyes. You could come up with something else though, it's your character.

If I want my Warrior cat OC to have a missing eye, what would be the most realistic way of losing it?

Community Answer

A realistic way to have your cat missing an eye is for it to have been injured during battle or in a badger attack. Something could have fallen on it from a great height too, such as a tree branch or a cache of squirrel's nuts.

What is a good suffix for Storm? I was thinking Stormclaw, but I don't know.

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What is your cat's personality or special features? Let's say Storm___ has blight blue eyes. Then "Stormsky" might work. If your cat is a kit, then the prefix is 'kit,' if your cat is a leader, her suffix is 'star.'

Never use a tragic backstory, an intense Injury or kitty pet backgrounds as excuses to give your cat "enhanced senses" or "magical powers." If you want to incorporate magic or abilities, add a realistic reason the cat has the abilities.

When creating the cat's history, make a family tree! This is super fun, and you can make it as you like - for example by adding color, symbols, or even writing a short backstory or info about each cat.

Don’t overdo the design of the character, it might look pleasing, but if you’re making a comic or an animation, drawing the character over and over again is hard, add simple features but make them one of a kind.

Warnings

If you can't imagine your OC as an actual cat, there's a chance you've gone overboard with the visuals. Stick to natural colors. Take inspiration! There's nothing wrong with looking around for ideas for your OC's coloration.

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